| dc.description.abstract | Kenya has one of the most effective family planning strategies in Sub-Saharan
Africa. Contraceptive awareness in Kenya is relatively high but the uptake is still
low indicating that the unmet needs still exist. Kenya is one of the top countries in
the continent with more than 52 million people and it’s one of the most populous
nations in Africa. The goal of the current research was to pinpoint the factors
influencing Kenyan women within the ages of 15 and 49 who use contraception.
This research study relies on secondary data obtained from a cross-sectional study
done by the big project Performance, Monitoring Accountability for Action 2019
survey. The National Council for Science, Technology, and Innovation (NACOSTI)
and the Kenyatta National Ethics and Research Committee (KNERC) provided
ethical approval for data collection and all participating counties were
administratively responsible. The research project's sample included 9,477 women of
reproductive age (WRA) from 11 of Kenya's 47 counties. It was carried out utilizing
the multistage cluster approach. Data was analyzed using Stata 16.1 analysis
software, which generated frequency tables and pie charts. Logistic regression was
performed to determine the relationship between Modern Contraceptive Method
(MCM) intake and its factors ,95% confidence interval and a 0.05 p-value were used
to show the variable correlations. About 39% of the respondents in the survey were
aged 15-24 years, more than half 53.4% of the women were married and 4.5% of
respondents had no formal education. Women in the middle quintile of wealth had
significantly higher (aPOR 1.3, 95% C.I. 1.04, 1.57, p=0.017) odds of using MCM than
women in the lowest wealth class and rural respondents were substantially less
likely to use modern methods of contraception (aPOR 0.8, 95% C.I. (0.63, 0.93,
p=0.033) than urban women. In comparison to married women, single women had
lower odds of using MCM (aPOR 0.5 (95% CI. 0.39–0.56 p=0.000), and Muslims had
lower odds (aPOR 0.6 (95% C.I. 0.42, 0.89 p=0.010) of using MCM than Catholics.
The provision of family planning (FP) services was shown to be less in NHIF covered facilities than in non-NHIF-covered ones (aPOR 0.535 (95% CI 0.29, 0.98,
p=0.043). In the 11 counties of Kenya, 43.2% of WRA utilize modern contraceptives,
and 98.4% of respondents are aware of these options. Contraception use in Kenya is
low although MCM awareness is high. Initiatives to be geared towards the 15–19
age group, those from lower socioeconomic classes and people who live in rural areas | en_US |
